The Fascination Of Shostakovich
A super feature on Shostakovich by David Fanning in Gramophone Magazine.
A super feature on Shostakovich by David Fanning in Gramophone Magazine.
Roberto Alagna is coming to Sydney, and to commemorate his Australian debut next month, Deutsche Grammophon is releasing a special Australian Tour Edition of Robertissimo a 2-CD album which features Alagna at his magnetic best. The recording includes arias by Verdi, Donizetti, Massenet and Puccini as well as some lighter works from Abbalati, México and Shostakovich. Recorded in…
The topic of the moment amongst Sydney’s classical music fans is the concert production of Richard Strauss’ Elektra by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson. The second and final performance is in the concert hall tonight, Monday 24th February. It is possibly a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear soprano Christine Goerke…
This month, Halcyon’s new recording, Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon was released on the Tall Poppies label (TP 236). Formed in 1998, Halcyon has been at the vanguard of creating and performing Australian music. Kingfisher – Songs for Halcyon reflects the breadth of contemporary classical Australian writing. Featuring 21 new songs written especially for Halcyon and some thrilling virtuosic…
Pianist and Co-Artistic Director of Omega Ensemble Maria Raspopova, has released an album of Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives opus 22. The 20 movement cycle of piano pieces was recorded in May 2018 at the Cranbrook Recording Studio, produced by Philip Powers with recording engineer and mastering by Bob Scott and editing by Jonathan Palmer. Click here to listen/buy
Performing in one of the Proms Plus concerts in London earlier this week was contemporary music pianist Zubin Kanga. A graduate of the University of Sydney, Zubin currently lives in London where he is undertaking a PhD at the Royal Academy of Music.. the Proms Plus are introductory events held each day, prior to the…
Deutsche Grammophon continues the widely acclaimed, Grammy winning Shostakovich Symphony cycle with Music Director Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra with the release on 6 July, 2018 of a disc containing the Symphony No 4 and the Symphony no 11, subtitled The year 1905 Andris Nelsons is the Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra…